Abyek County

Abyek County

Persian: شهرستان آبیک
Abyek County Persian: شهرستان آبیک
County
	Location of Abyek County in Qazvin province (right, green)
	Location of Qazvin province in Iran
	Coordinates: 36°06′N 50°23′E / 36.100°N 50.383°E
Country	Iran
Province	Qazvin
Established	2001
Capital	Abyek
Districts	Central, Basharyat
Population (2016)
• Total	94,536
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
	Abyek County at GEOnet Names Server

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Abyek County (Persian: شهرستان آبیک) is in Qazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Abyek.^[2]

History

In 2020, the villages of Qeshlaq and Ziaran were converted to cities.^[4]

Demographics

Ethnicity

The majority of Abyek County's people are Azerbaijani Turks.^[5]^[6]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 89,334 in 23,132 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 93,844 people in 26,944 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 94,536 in 29,234 households.^[3]

Administrative divisions

Abyek County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Abyek County Population
Administrative Divisions	2006^[7]	2011^[8]	2016^[3]
Central District	68,350	75,993	78,157
Kuhpayeh-e Gharbi RD	4,157	2,798	3,066
Kuhpayeh-e Sharqi RD	4,936	5,668	4,614
Ziaran RD	12,024	11,748	10,370
Abyek (city)	47,233	55,779	60,107
Qeshlaq (city)^[a]
Ziaran (city)^[a]
Basharyat District	20,984	17,851	16,379
Basharyat-e Gharbi RD^[b]	10,556	8,306	7,549
Basharyat-e Sharqi RD	7,282	6,193	5,682
Khak-e Ali (city)	3,146	3,352	3,148
Total	89,334	93,844	94,536
RD = Rural District

Notes

^ ^a ^b Became a city after the 2016 census^[4]
^ Formerly Basharyat Rural District^[2]

References

^ OpenStreetMap contributors (13 September 2024). "East Kuhpayeh RD, Abyek Central District, Abyek County, Qazvin Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Habibi, Hassan (29 July 2001) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1380/05/07 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه راجع به اصلاحات و تغییرات تقسیماتی در استان قزوین [‌Approval letter regarding reforms and divisional changes in Qazvin province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 60BC6176-4586-4C9C-9594-CB1FCD95E4C8. شماره دوره [Course number] 80. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Jahangiri, Eshaq (1 November 2020) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1399/08/11 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در شهرستان آبیک استان قزوین مصوب [‌Resolution on national divisions in Abyek County, Qazvin province]. مهدی داودآبادی [Mehdi Davudabadi] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number] 112529. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
^ Fars news agency
^ "Abeikis". Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Qazvin Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[fn1-9] Became a city after the 2016 census^[4]

[10] Formerly Basharyat Rural District^[2]

[1] OpenStreetMap contributors (13 September 2024). "East Kuhpayeh RD, Abyek Central District, Abyek County, Qazvin Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 13 September 2024.

[Abyek_County_Establishment-2] Habibi, Hassan (29 July 2001) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1380/05/07 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه راجع به اصلاحات و تغییرات تقسیماتی در استان قزوین [‌Approval letter regarding reforms and divisional changes in Qazvin province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 60BC6176-4586-4C9C-9594-CB1FCD95E4C8. شماره دوره [Course number] 80. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

[2016_Qazvin_Province-3] سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[Qeshlaq_and_Ziaran_Cities-4] Jahangiri, Eshaq (1 November 2020) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1399/08/11 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در شهرستان آبیک استان قزوین مصوب [‌Resolution on national divisions in Abyek County, Qazvin province]. مهدی داودآبادی [Mehdi Davudabadi] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number] 112529. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

[L-5] Fars news agency

[6] "Abeikis". Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[2006_Qazvin_Province-7] سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2011_Qazvin_Province-8] سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Qazvin Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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